Pono Press May 2013

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FreedomWorks’ Matt Kibbe Visits TEA Party Maui

The voice of The TEA Party Maui In Support of a Fiscally Responsible, Constitutionally Limited Government & a Free Market Economy

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Local Issues Pg. 3

National Issues Pg. 4 Community Commentary Pg. 7

TPM Happenings Pg. 10

Special points of interest:

� Why is milk so expensive in Hawaii? Joe Kent explores the issue on page 3.

� Have you heard the news about Common Core? Learn more on page 4.

� TPM has a new monthly social event! Be sure to check out the info on page 10. by Rosemary Aldridge

Matt Kibbe, the President and CEO of FreedomWorks, recently came to Maui to attend the 38th Annual Conference of the Association of Private Enterprise Education. The Association is composed of scholars from economics, philosophy, political science, and other disciplines, as well as policy analysts, business executives, and other educators. Presentations reflected the latest research in fields such as regulation, public choice, microeconomics, and Austrian economics. The Heritage Foundation was also in attendance. We were fortunate that Matt took time to appear at a special TEA Party Maui gathering on April 13th at Grace Church in Pukalani. About three dozen fans of FreedomWorks were in attendance on very short notice but were rewarded with some insights into what is currently taking place in Washington D. C. We also learned why Matt is optimistic about the future of our country. It can feel pretty lonely out here in the middle of the Pacific with only one Republican in the Hawaii State Senate, so Matt’ s message was very welcome. Matt took us through the years starting in 2008 with the 700 billion dollar bailout under George Bush. The message then was that we had to abandon the free market in order to save it. The House leader was Nancy Pelosi and the Senate’ s leader was Harry Reid. That quickly led to nationwide frustration and the birth of the TEA Party. So with a real grassroots birth, the TEA party turned the political stage upside down with huge wins in the 2010 election. And 2012 was not the disaster we thought it was, in Mr. Kibbe’ s opinion. He said that while we lost eight seats in the House, our wins more than offset the losses because we gained some very strong

Matt Kibbe speaks to TEA Party Maui

Constitutional

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